AMD Conquering 3GHz: Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU Review. Page 4

AMD has just launched a new dual-core processor working at 3GHz speed. Now the top AMD processors run at a higher frequency than the top Intel Core 2 processors. But will this be enough for them to regain their performance leadership? Find out now!

Gaming Applications

The situation in popular games is pretty similar to what we have just seen in 3DMark06. The performance level of Athlon 64 X2 6000+ is pretty average against the background of the top dual-core Intel CPUs. Our hero gets slightly ahead of the Core 2 Duo E6600, but still falls behind the Core 2 Duo E6700.

Having tested Athlon 64 X2 6000+ in the 64-bit version of Unreal Tournament 2004 game we have confirmed once again that the use of 64-bit extensions doesn’t change the overall performance picture.

Just like in 32-bit games, Athlon 64 X2 6000+ can only compete equally with Core 2 Duo E6600 processor.

Besides a few real games, we have also included the results of two benchmarks based on Valve Source code that will be used for future games development. The first benchmark estimates how fast the testing participants cope with building the lighting maps, and the second – evaluates the performance during environmental physics processing.